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from the tips of the fore -wings to a little beyond the middle of 

 tlie interior border of the hind wings, and i.s reddishd)ordered on 

 the onter side in tlie fore wings; an exterior zig-zag blackish line, 

 and a row of submarginal black points; fringe blackish lieneath. 

 Length of the body 5h lines; of the wings 21 lines. 



Gen. ZirioNA. 

 Foem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 porrecti, squamosi, sat gracilcs; vix ascendentes, caput longe 

 superantes; articulus 3"* lanccolatus, 2° brevior. Antennoe graciles, 

 glal)ra3. Abdomen Ijreviuscuhun. Pedes graciles, la^ves; calcaria 

 longa, gracilia. Alse antica? latae, acuta3, margine exteriore rotun- 

 dato subobliquo. 



Female. Body hardly stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 porrect, scpiamous, hardly ascending, rather slender, extending 

 much beyond the hc^ad; 3rd joint lanceolate, much moi^e than 

 half the length of the 2nd. Antennae slender, smooth. A])dom('n 

 rather shorter than the interior border of the hind wings. Legs 

 slender, smooth; spurs long, slender. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 acute; exterior border rounded, slightly oblique; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 

 inferior veins approximate at the base; 4th moderately remote. 



The structure of the palpi distinguishes this genus from the 

 other Ponpliilidce. 



c 54. ZiRONA MARGINATA. Fosm. Cinereo fusca; alls fascia mar- 

 ginal! pallidiore cinereo undulatim marginata, linea media trans- 

 versa indistincta undulata obscure fusca; alls anticis linea ante- 

 media fusca undulata valde indistincta, gutta discoidali cinerea. 



Female. Cinereous broAvn. Wings with a paler marginal band, 

 which is divided from the darker hue by a cinereous undulating 

 line; a dark brown indistinct undulating niiddh^ line; fringe 

 brown, cinereous at the base; under side without markings. Fore 

 wings Avith a line like the one before mentioned, but more indis- 

 tinct, and nearer the base; a cinereous dot in the disk between 

 tlie lines. Length of the body G lines; of tlie wings 18 lines. 



55. Amphigonia fu.mosa. Mas. Ferrugineo cinerea; fixsciculo 

 frontali porrecto, palpis oblicpie ascendentibus articulo 2° late fim- 

 briatis; antennis setosis; abdomine alas posticas vix superante 

 fasciculo apicali parvo; pedil)us tindtriatis; alis obscure cinereis, 



